Choreography

Sitting on the verandah ledge
Watching the bird-baths
I watch the birds
Drinking
Bathing
Sporting

Topping up the bird-baths
While Sonati is away
I realise
There are some things
I do not regularly do

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In the looking-glass world
She, too, realises
I daresay
There are some things
She does not regularly do

Somehow
This unchoreographed dance
Has served us well
Here for years
And gotten things done

Were we to choreograph the dance
Would we improve it
Or would we just be
Treading on each other’s toes?